The second moment of the Riemann zeta function at its local extrema

Abstract: Conrey and Ghosh studied the second moment of the Riemann zeta function, evaluated at its local extrema along the critical line, finding the leading order behaviour to be $\frac{e^2 - 5}{2 \pi} T (\log T)^2$. This problem is closely related to a mixed moment of the Riemann zeta function and its derivative. We present a new approach which will uncover the lower order terms for the second moment as a descending chain of powers of logarithms in the asymptotic expansion.